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*169. Maceopteetx coeonattts (J. 104). 

 Eirundo coronata, Tickell ; Gould, B. As. pt. xi. pi. 2. 

 Pegu, Siam. Eeplaced by M. kleeho in the Malayan peninsula. 

 [Thayet Myo, Tonghoo, Karen nee, at 1700 feet ( W. B.) ; Ngabeemah, 

 pine forests north of Kollidoo, Henza Basin (D.).] 



Suborder PASSERES. 



Fam. CorvidsB. 



Crows, Jays, etc. 



*170. CoRVUS TAILLANin (J. 660). 

 Corvus vaillantii, Lesson. 



Arakan, Tenasserini, Malacca. Generally diffused in pairs throughout 

 the forests.* 



[Pegu(0.).] 



*171. C. SPLENDENS (J. 663). 



Kyie-gcm. 



At Akyab this Crow abounds, and also (as I was informed by Mr. W. 

 T. Blanford) at Mandell, high up the Irawadi. At Khyouk Phoo, a party 

 of seven individuals made their appearance on the 7th December, 1856, 

 which subsequently stocked the neighbourhood ; but to what extent the race 

 may have spread at the present time I am unaware. Elsewhere" in Arakan 

 this Crow has still no representative ; but across the mountains which divide 

 that province from Pegu, again at Rangoon, Moulmein, Tavoy, and as far 

 South as Mergui, as also in Siam, it is replaced by a wholly black race, quite 

 similar in form and habit, but having a much shriller voice (a sort of shrieking 

 caw), if possible still more inharmonious than that of the other. There is 

 just a very faint tinge of ash-colour on the nape and breast, where the com- 

 mon Indian Crow is cinereous ; but this must be specially looked for to be 

 remarked. Though abundant about Mergui station, I have not seen it from 

 any locality further south ; and I have been assured that it does not occur 

 at Pinang, Malacca, or Singapore. This melanoid race of C. splendens is 

 errCneously referred to C. culminatus (i.e. C. vaillantii) by Mason, as it also 



* For^variation of size in this species, cf. W. T. Blanford, J. A. S. B. li. pt. 2, p. 68. 



